四分律行事鈔資持記 3.699

3.699

次科。明俗人愚暗，文敘本主，義通餘人。毀壞，約物；損辱，約僧。承即奉事。此科大字，並引《寺誥》，故注以助之。乞請即求索。請觀諸事，彼時尚然，今何足怪！更有殿堂飲宴，僧厨宰殺；寄著雜物，貯積糧儲；或射作衙庭，或編為場務；婚姻生產，雜穢難言。斯由道眾之非才，豈獨俗儒之無識。每恨法門之覆滅，孰為扶持；更嗟獄報之艱辛，誰當救療。必懷深識，豈不再思。是知禍福無門，唯人所召；有力能濟，傳而勉之。

The next section explains the ignorance and darkness of laypeople; the text recounts the original donors, but the principle applies to other people as well. "Destruction and decay" concerns material goods; "injury and humiliation" concerns the Saṃgha. "Serving" means reverent service. The large characters in this section all cite *Edicts on Monasteries*, hence notes are used to aid them. "Begging and requesting" means demanding. Look, I pray, at these matters: even at that time it was like this, so what is there to wonder at today! Furthermore, there are drinking banquets in the halls, slaughter in the Saṃgha kitchens, storing miscellaneous items, accumulating grain reserves, or usurping them as government offices, or organizing them as commercial depots; marriages, childbirth, and miscellaneous defilements beyond description. This is due to the lack of talent among the Saṃgha community, how could it be solely the ignorance of worldly literati? I constantly lament the ruin of the Dharma-gate, with no one to uphold it; and further grieve over the hardship of hell retribution, with no one to rescue and heal. If one truly harbors deep insight, how could one not reflect on this again? One must know that disaster and fortune have no fixed gate—they are summoned only by human beings; those who have the strength and ability to deliver should transmit this and exert themselves.